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Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, May 2025
18 red flag warnings in May 2025. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 18
- Busiest day
- May 10, 20256 red flag warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:06 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 19 hr |
| May 5, 2:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 10, 2:14 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 67 hr |
| May 10, 2:35 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 10, 1:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 55 hr |
| May 10, 2:05 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 32 hr |
| May 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 32 hr |
| May 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 32 hr |
| May 11, 2:18 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 31 hr |
| May 11, 9:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 23 hr |
| May 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 23 hr |
| May 13, 3:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 18 hr |
| May 13, 3:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Kanabec and 20 more | 18 hr |
| May 13, 3:25 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 18 hr |
| May 13, 3:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 17 hr |
| May 13, 3:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 17 hr |
| May 20, 3:18 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 18 hr |
| May 20, 4:14 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kittson County5
- Marshall County5
- Pennington County5
- Polk County5
- Red Lake County5
- Roseau County5
- Beltrami County4
- Lake of the Woods County4
- Cook County4
- Itasca County4
- Koochiching County4
- Lake County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Clay County3
- Norman County3
- Wilkin County3
- Clearwater County3
- Cottonwood County3
- Jackson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lyon County3
- Murray County3
- Nobles County3
- Pipestone County3
- Rock County3
- Aitkin County3
- Carlton County3
- Cass County3
- Crow Wing County3
- Pine County3
- Benton County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Brown County3
- Chippewa County3
- Douglas County3
- Kanabec County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- McLeod County3
- Martin County3
40 more counties
- Meeker County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Morrison County3
- Nicollet County3
- Pope County3
- Redwood County3
- Renville County3
- Sherburne County3
- Sibley County3
- Stearns County3
- Stevens County3
- Swift County3
- Todd County3
- Watonwan County3
- Wright County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Big Stone County2
- Traverse County2
- Becker County2
- Grant County2
- Hubbard County2
- Mahnomen County2
- Otter Tail County2
- Wadena County2
- Anoka County2
- Carver County2
- Chisago County2
- Dakota County2
- Faribault County2
- Hennepin County2
- Isanti County2
- Le Sueur County2
- Ramsey County2
- Rice County2
- Scott County2
- Waseca County2
- Washington County2
- Freeborn County1
- Goodhue County1
- Steele County1
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Sources
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